Traces de roulage ou de labour ? Le diagnostic      micromorphologique

Gebhardt, Anne; Langohr, Roger

doi:10.4000/archeosciences.4363

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“…In this respect, ard tilling experiments have shown disaggregation and breakup of soil into large blocky clods and small rounded aggregates, as well as structural modifications and textural accumulation features at and around the zones where the implements interacted with the soil (Macphail et al, 1990;Gebhardt, 1995;Lewis, 2012;Gebhardt and Langohr, 2015;Deák et al, 2017).…”

Section: Field Tillage and Maintenance: Continuous Input Of Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Roman farmers in eastern Iberia: A spatial, geoarchaeological and bioarchaeological approach to agrarian strategies

Grau Mira,

Gutiérrez-Rodríguez,

López Sáez

et al. 2024

Quaternary International

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Section: Field Tillage and Maintenance: Continuous Input Of Labourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Roman farmers in eastern Iberia: A spatial, geoarchaeological and bioarchaeological approach to agrarian strategies

Grau Mira,

Gutiérrez-Rodríguez,

López Sáez

et al. 2024

Quaternary International

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“… Trackways and roads -these are given special attention here because there are few thematic studies in the literature (Engelmark and Linderholm, 2008;Gebhardt and Langohr, 2015). Cattle paths from the byre to the local fields, droveways employed for long distance transhumance, and sedimentary signatures allowing the differentiation of 'urban' and 'rural' road use, all contribute to the understanding of how a cultural landscape is organised.…”

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European ancient settlements – A guide to their composition and morphology based on soil micromorphology and associated geoarchaeological techniques; introducing the contrasting sites of Chalcolithic Borduşani-Popină, Borcea River, Romania and Viking Age Heimdaljordet, Vestfold, Norway

Macphail

Bill

Crowther

et al. 2017

Quaternary International

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Specific soil micromorphological and broader geoarchaeological (and environmental archaeology) signatures of settlement activities and land use have been identified from numerous case studies across Europe-from Romania to western Norway. In order to demonstrate how such investigations contribute to our understanding of settlement morphology and its wider landscape, a new model has been created (Macphail and Goldberg in prep/2016). Activities and land use are divided into 'Within Settlement', 'Peripheral to Settlement' and 'The Settlement's Wider Landscape'. Major themes identified are: Constructions (and materials), Trackways and paths (and other communication/transportassociated features), Animal Management, Water Management, Waste Disposal (1:

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“…Garilli et al (2017) offer a detailed stratigraphic and geotechnical characterisation of the gravel deposits of nine prominent Roman roads in Italy, Greece and southern France. There also are some micromorphology studies of roads and traffic deposits (Cammas and Wattez 2009, p. 209;Cammas 2015, 2018;Gebhardt and Langohr 2015). Amongst them, those of Charbonnier and Cammas Cammas 2015, 2018) on the micromorphology of Roman road deposits in urban environments in northern France stand out.…”

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Microstratigraphic analysis of the main Roman road in Hispania: the Via Augusta where it passes through the Ianus Augustus (Mengíbar, Spain)

Rodríguez

Chica

Padilla

et al. 2022

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Roman roads are omnipresent in the Mediterranean basin. Despite the methodological advances achieved, interdisciplinary studies including geoarchaeological techniques are still rare. The aim of this study is to offer a microstratigraphic analysis of an important Roman road in order to characterise the raw materials and construction techniques used to build it and their evolution over time. Our research focuses on the Via Augusta, the longest road in Roman Hispania, where it passes through the Ianus Augustus (Mengíbar, Spain), a monumental complex on the frontier between the provinces of Baetica and Tarraconensis. Archaeological excavations of this road have revealed vertical stratigraphic variations, suggesting the presence of several transit surfaces and repair works. A protocol was designed to characterise the road deposits at the microscale, where micromorphology revealed six overlying roads and their construction techniques. The combination of micromorphology, µ-XRF and the study of the textural parameters of the deposits allowed us to identify the raw materials used and their sources, as well as the specific features generated during the construction and use of the road. The results show how the technical solutions used survived as a tradition for centuries, and how the repair works identified in the stratigraphic sequence have a correlation with the road maintenance works mentioned in the Roman epigraphic record of Hispania Baetica. This study shows how detailed microstratigraphic analyses of Roman roads are very effective in the characterisation of road biographies.

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Traces de roulage ou de labour ? Le diagnostic micromorphologique

Abstract: Traces de roulage ou de labour ? Le diagnostic micromorphologique Rolling or ploughing traces? The soil micromorphological diagnostic

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Roman farmers in eastern Iberia: A spatial, geoarchaeological and bioarchaeological approach to agrarian strategies

Roman farmers in eastern Iberia: A spatial, geoarchaeological and bioarchaeological approach to agrarian strategies

European ancient settlements – A guide to their composition and morphology based on soil micromorphology and associated geoarchaeological techniques; introducing the contrasting sites of Chalcolithic Borduşani-Popină, Borcea River, Romania and Viking Age Heimdaljordet, Vestfold, Norway

Microstratigraphic analysis of the main Roman road in Hispania: the Via Augusta where it passes through the Ianus Augustus (Mengíbar, Spain)

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